Union garment



Patented Apr. 24, 1928.

UNITED STATES, TEN

1 1,667,220 OFFICE.

JAoonmrxIN, orwILKns-BAnnn, PENNSYLVANIA.

UNION GARME T.

Application filed August 10, 1925. Serial No. 49,308.

This invention, which relates toa union The arrangement of the vent asset forth in my patent does not conduce to flat and smooth arrangementof the reinforcing strips but, on the contrary, the vent has a ruffledor puckered appearance. Aside from this,the

fasteners are exposed and the appearance is not as neat as it might be.

I have also found that-with the vent or split arranged on the tops-ofthe shoulders, there is a tendency for the garment to accidently pullopen or apart, particularly when any object is carried on the shoulder.

My object is to provide improvements by which the foregoing defects areeliminated and to provide the vent or split at the front, instead of atthe top, of the shoulder part of the garment; to conceal theintermediate fastener for the vent; to so construct and arrange theventthat it will neither ruffle, pucker, gap, nor pull open accidentallywhen an object is carried on the shoulder, or at other times, andwhereby carrying of an object on the shoulder Will not result in pain ordiscomfort to the wearer because the vent and the fasteners will bedisposed so that the object will not rest on them.

In the union garment of my patent, opening of the vents, is accomplishedby a general sideward pull, that is, to the left and right respectively,which is not the natural motion of the hand and arm that should beexercised for the purpose. To enable the vent to be quickly andconveniently opened by a forward and downward pull, is another reasonwhy the vent embodying the present invention has been located at thefront of the shoulder, instead of along the top thereof and, for thefurther reason, that with the vent arranged as set forth hereinafter, itmay be more conveniently buttoned or fastened than when it is arrangedon top ofthe shoulder.

Furthermore, the present improvements provide for moreeasy andconvenient stepping into thegarment or itsremoval than when the ventsare on the shoulders.

Apractical embodiment of the inventionis described hereinafter and isdisclosed in the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a front viewof a union garment provided with the present improvements, the ventsbeingclosed, showing the a 'ipearance when the. garment is worn; and

Fig. 2 is a front view showing the vents open and the front of thegarment spread out to permit the user tostep into it.

he construction of the garmentbeing.

substantially that disclosed in my Patent 1,386,950," except thoseparts, previously set forth,.whichrelate to the new arrangement,position, and mannerof fastening the vents, only-a brief descriptionofthe old parts of the garment is necessary.

The garment is of the class embodying a connected blouse and legs orpants parts, particularly overalls. The legs or pants appear at 1', theback is shown at 2, the blouse at 3 and the sleeves appear at 4.

The garment is split from its neck to its crotch at 5 and provided withany suitable fastenings such as 6 therefor, .as usual in garments ofthis kind. v

WVhere-as the vents of the garment of my Patent 1,386,950 are located onthe tops of the shoulders or shoulder parts, and therefore subject tothe disadvantages which have been heretofore set forth, in the presentgarment there is no seam or reinforcement of any kind on the tops of theshoulder parts and the vents are located well down and at the fronts ofthe shoulder parts. This change of position entirely eliminatesdiscomfort, chafingand pain on the shoulder bones of the wearer when anyobject of appreciable weight is being carried on either orbothshoulders.

The reinforcements for the vents are sub stantially the same as to seamsand stitching as disclosed in my aforesaid patent and specificdescription thereof is unnecessary.

The vents 7 extend from the neck band 8 downwardly, in a curved shapeand general diagonal arrangement to points or locations 9 which reachnearly to the stitching 10 which connects the sleeve to the blouse 3.The vents 7 are located well down from the crests of the shoulders andat the front of the garment. The neck band 8 does not terminate at thefront in line with the crests of the shoulder part of the garment butits ends are extended somewhat forwardly and they are provided withparts 11 of suitable 't'astenin 's, for instance sna 1i iastenin 's.

The reinforcements 12 for the underlying parts of the vents are entirelyat the fronts of the sl'ioulders, as previously described and they areprovided with parts 13 of suitable fastenings, for instance snapfastenings.

The reintorceniients 141 for the overlying upper front parts of thegarment are pro vided on their inner faces with parts 15 of tasteningsadapted to engage the tastenings 13. The parts 15 are wholly concealedby the overlying parts, thus rendering the garment neater in appearancein the regiono't the vents and making it appear that there are no ventsor splits at the fronts of the shoulderparts. t I

The overlying: front parts of the garn'ient have supplemental neck bands16 provided with t'asteniirgs. for instance parts of snap 'iastenings 17adapted to engage the fastenings 11. The supplemental neckbands 16 arefinished by providing them with'turn- -over or fold-over collar sections18 which greatly add to the neat appearance of the garment.

hen in use the garment appears as in Fig; 1. \Vhen it is to be put on ortaken ofi, the tastenings are disconnected from each other and the troutor overlying; upper parts of'the garment are pulled downward,- ly by anatural hand and arm movement to spread them apart as shown in Fig.2,whereupon there is afforded a large opening, extending nearly to thearm pits of the earment, enabling the latter to be easily put on ortaken ott'when opened as shown in Fig. 2.

hat I claim is: I i

a; union outer garment or overalls comprising a blouse and leg or pantsparts, the

blouse having an open front from its neck downwardly and provided withsuitable'fastening means therefor, and being provided forward of itsshoulder parts below the crests of said shoulder parts with ventsextending downwardly in general diagonal arangement from the neck to thegeneral region of the junction of the sleeves with the blouse below thecrests of the shoulder parts, the hlouseand the shoulder parts be ingprovided with overlapping parts at the vents, and means for fastening;the overlapping parts together.

In testimony whereof]: aflix my signature.

JACOB RIFKIN.

